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Informationen zum Autor Evan J. Criddle is Professor of Law at William and Mary Law School, Virginia, where he specializes in public international law, international legal theory, human rights, fiduciary law and administrative law. Klappentext This book examines current debates about how international human rights law regulates national authorities and international institutions during emergencies. Zusammenfassung Human Rights in Emergencies offers cutting-edge perspectives on the application of international human rights law during national emergencies. Leading scholars from law! philosophy and political science grapple with challenging questions concerning the character! scope! and salience of international human rights norms! and they explain how the law seeks to protect human rights during emergencies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: testing human rights theory during emergencies Evan J. Criddle; Part I. Designing a Human Rights Regime for Emergencies: 1. Constrained derogation in positive human rights regimes Gerald L. Neuman; 2. Protecting human rights during emergencies: delegation, derogation, and deference Evan J. Criddle; 3. Two models of normative frameworks for human rights during severe emergencies James W. Nickel; Part II. Law, Politics, and Power: 4. Emergency and escape: explaining derogations from human rights treaties Emily M. Hafner-Burton, Laurence R. Helfer and Christopher J. Fariss; 5. The cloak and dagger game of emergency and war Fionnuala Ní Aoláin; 6. The law of emergency and reason of state Thomas Poole; 7. Human rights lawyers v. Carl Schmitt William E. Scheuerman; Part III. Emerging Challenges: 8. Human rights and derogation in peacekeeping: addressing a legal vacuum within the state of exception Scott Sheeran; 9. Austerity measures and international economic, social, and cultural rights Diane A. Desierto.
